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Today: September 22, 2024

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Bank of China President Liu Jin resigns

Bank of China Vice Chairman and President Liu Jin resigned for personal reasons effective on Sunday, the bank said.

August 25, 2024
Bank of China President Liu Jin resigns
Business|Finance

Sinopec's H1 profit up on record output despite lower product demand

China's Sinopec posted a 2.6% rise in net profit for the first half of the year as record oil and gas output compensated for falling domestic demand for refined fuel

August 25, 2024
Sinopec's H1 profit up on record output despite lower product demand
Europe|News|World

Reuters safety adviser killed, two journalists injured in Ukraine's Kramatorsk

Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk,

August 25, 2024
Reuters safety adviser killed, two journalists injured in Ukraine's Kramatorsk
Europe|News|Technology|World

Russia's Medvedev says Durov miscalculated by fleeing Russia

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the Telegram messaging app, miscalculated by fleeing Russia and thinking that

August 25, 2024
Russia's Medvedev says Durov miscalculated by fleeing Russia
Europe|News|World

Russia sends more artillery to troops fighting Ukraine in Kursk

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that it sent more artillery to the Kursk region where Russian forces are fighting thousands of Ukrainian troops who pierced the Russian

August 25, 2024
Asia|Crime|News

Pakistan bus accidents kill at least 34, authorities say

Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed as at least 34 people on Sunday, the authorities said.

August 25, 2024
Pakistan bus accidents kill at least 34, authorities say
Asia|News|World

China says it took 'control measures' against Philippine vessel in South China Sea

China said on Sunday it had taken "control measures" against a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have had escalating confrontations over disputed

August 25, 2024
News

Royal Jordanian airlines suspends flights to Beirut, state news agency says

Jordan's flag carrier Royal Jordanian suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday "due to the current situation", the state news agency reported without giving an exact time frame for the

August 25, 2024
Royal Jordanian airlines suspends flights to Beirut, state news agency says
News|World

Floods kill 13 in Indonesia's North Maluku, two injured

Thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia's North Maluku province on Sunday after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said.

August 25, 2024
Floods kill 13 in Indonesia's North Maluku, two injured
Asia|Election|News

Indonesia election body gets approval to issue new rules in line with protesters' demands

Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have been furious over an attempt by allies of outgoing

August 25, 2024
Indonesia election body gets approval to issue new rules in line with protesters' demands
News|Political

Israeli PM Netanyahu says we are determined to do everything possible to defend our country

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would take all measures necessary to defend itself, after the Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched hundreds of

August 25, 2024
Israeli PM Netanyahu says we are determined to do everything possible to defend our country
Asia|News|World

Mudslide in Thailand's Phuket kills 13, including 2 Russians, official says

Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said Sunday, after calling off a search for missing persons.

August 25, 2024
Mudslide in Thailand's Phuket kills 13, including 2 Russians, official says
Europe|News|World

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 4 and injure 37, local authorities say

Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 37, Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday.

August 25, 2024
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 4 and injure 37, local authorities say
Economy|News|World

China slams US for adding firms to export control list, vows action

China's Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday it strongly opposed a U.S. decision to add multiple Chinese entities to its export control list over Russia-related issues.

August 25, 2024
China slams US for adding firms to export control list, vows action
Crime|Europe|News

Suspect in German stabbing rampage is Syrian man, who confessed, authorities say

German police said they were holding a 26-year-old Syrian man in custody on Sunday after a knife attack in the city of Solingen in which three people

August 25, 2024
Suspect in German stabbing rampage is Syrian man, who confessed, authorities say
MidEast|News|Political|World

Pentagon chief reaffirms US commitment to Israel's defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Israel's defense, the Pentagon said late on Saturday.

August 25, 2024
Pentagon chief reaffirms US commitment to Israel's defense
MidEast|News|World

'First phase' of response to commander's killing complete, Hezbollah says

Hezbollah said on Sunday it had completed the "first phase" of its response to Israel's killing of the group's top commander in a strike on a Beirut suburb last month.

August 25, 2024
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah says it launches attack on Israel after top commander's killing

Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Sunday said it had began an attack on Israel with a large number of drones and rockets in response for the killing of its top commander in a Beirut suburb

August 25, 2024
News|World

Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100

August 25, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow
News|World

Taiwan deputy foreign minister to attend Pacific Islands Forum

A deputy Taiwan foreign minister will attend this week's meeting of Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Sunday, as China and the United States jostle

August 25, 2024
Taiwan deputy foreign minister to attend Pacific Islands Forum
Crime|News

Four injured in Sydney stabbing attack, Australia police say

Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults in Australia's biggest city

August 24, 2024
Europe|News|World

Five civilians die in Ukraine's shelling of Russia's Belgorod region, governor says

Five civilians died and 12 others were injured after Ukraine shelled the town of Rakitnoye in Russia's Belgorod region, the governor of the region in the country's southwest said on Sunday.

August 24, 2024
Europe

Who is Pavel Durov, CEO of messaging app Telegram?

Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unidentified

August 24, 2024
Who is Pavel Durov, CEO of messaging app Telegram?
Environment

Wildfires rage in sugar cane fields in Brazil's southeast

Wildfires blazed through sugarcane fields in northern Sao Paulo state on Saturday, sending up clouds of smoke that covered nearby towns so thoroughly that officials prohibited

August 24, 2024
Wildfires rage in sugar cane fields in Brazil's southeast
Europe|News|Technology

Telegram founder Durov arrested in France, sources says

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside

August 24, 2024
Telegram founder Durov arrested in France, sources says

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